Our Retirement Trip

We camped at Wawona Campground in Yosemite from June 1 to June 6. Photos of historic buildings and bridges located at Wawona Yosemite Falls Another view of Yosemite Falls  El Capitan and Bridalveil Falls.  Half Dome and Clouds Rest in the distance. Start of our hike up to Vernal and Nevada Falls.  You can see Yosemite Falls in the distance. Josh and Camryn joined us for three days and four nights. Vernal Falls and the Mist Trail Vernal Falls Foot bridge across the Merced River Merced River with the top of Nevada Falls in the distance. The brink of Vernal Falls Vernal Falls - The mist and wind were so intense on the Mist Trail it was like walking through a hurricane.  We were soaked within minutes walking past the falls both on the way up and the way down. Half Dome We moved to North Pines campground on June 6.  We were lucky that our campsite was in the small section of the campground that wasn’t flooded.  This is a road in the campground. On Ju...

On May 19 we headed back to the coast south of San Francisco, specifically Half Moon State Beach. On Saturday we took a sixteen bike ride down the coast. We headed back to Monterey on Monday and Tuesday to spend more time at the aquarium and some bike riding on the Monterey peninsula. On Wednesday we did some more exploring of the coast south of our campground.                  Harbor seal sunbathing On Thursday we moved to Samuel P Taylor State Park North of San Francisco. On Friday we had to take the car to Safelite to get a window fixed that mysteriously cracked while we were hiking on Wednesday. We took a ferry to San Francisco for the day while the window was being repaired.  Spent the day at the Maritime Museum. We spent Saturday at Point Reyes On Sunday we went to the Marine Mammal Center, a hospital for seals, sea lions, and otters. Monday was the de Young museum and the botanical garden in Golden Gate Park followed by a stop in ...